Wednesday, 16 January 2013

Lucian
"Lucky" Spark has been recruited for training by the totalitarian
government known as the Establishment. According to Establishment rules,
if a recruit fails any level of the violent training competitions, a
family member is brutally killed . . . and the recruit has to choose
which one.

As the five recruits form uneasy alliances in the
hellish wasteland that is the training ground, an undeniable attraction
develops between Lucky and the rebellious Digory Tycho. But the rules of
the training ensure that only one will survive--the strongest recruits
receive accolades, wealth, and power while the weakest receive death.
With Cole--Lucky's four-year-old brother--being held as "incentive,"
Lucky must marshal all his skills and use his wits to keep himself
alive, no matter what the cost.